New and Now

Declan McGarry www.declanmcgarry.com
Declan McGarry is a multi-talented singer/songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that launched an ambitious business plan to build a music career from the ground up and on his own terms. Joining forces with manager/producer/songwriter Nick Pellegrino, McGarry crafted a new self-titled record on his own LT Records. The culmination of 10 years of a love of songs and songwriting, the project hit close to home for McGarry “It’s a bit of a daunting experience to come to Nashville and be a songwriter,” he says. “And while hope may not be a strategy, being hopeful and having faith in yourself and your abilities is an essential ingredient in any business plan. Especially when that plan involves the pursuit of a dream. Hopefully, that reverb was a sign I’m heading in the right direction.”

The Vespers www.facebook.com/TheVespers
The Vespers are a duo of sibling duos: Callie and Phoebe Cryar, and Taylor and Bruno Jones. They came together purely by spontaneous collision, the two pairs both completely immersed in their own separate projects. After combining talents the four comrades soon realized they had something very special and decided to record an album. Their project, which they entitled Tell Your Mama, was released in March and now The Vespers are now a company of wild-eyed players. They go anywhere and everywhere, in hopes of entrancing and befriending any and all who might hear them.

Male Bondingwww.subpop.com/artists/male_bonding
Male Bonding is a highly praised London noise-pop trio consisting of bassist/vocalist Kevin Hendrick, drummer Robin Silas Christian and guitar vocalist John Arthur Webb. In May 2008, Male Bonding played its first gig and in a scant two years, has built up some major momentum. With Nothing Hurts, the band’s first full-length on the Sub Pop label, the band shows no signs of diminishing their unique, driving sound whether in the studio or in their unforgettable live performances . “If everyone at a show is open to whatever unfolds before them,” Hendrick observes, “it amps up some kind of mutual force.”

Sean Della Croce www.seandellacroce.com
Sean Della Croce may be only 17-years-old but she has already accomplished an impressive number of highlights in her musical career. The singer/songwriter/guitarist was chosen out of 1000 applicants world-wide to attend the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, co-founded in 1996 by Sir Paul McCartney. Della Croce will enroll in the prestigious school in September 2010 to earn a BA degree in music performance and has just released her debut EP, On The Line.